It was close enough for the pubs on Yorkshire Street and clubs on Union Street. Upstaging the older precinct years before its topping out ceremony, the neighbouring Town Square was Oldhams most popular of the two. Although I too cannot recall the location of the Sounds record shop, but I will ask my brother to see if he can remember it. RIP. hi all, just to add to my brothers comments about oldham town centre, as he said our mum used to work at C&A, that is where HOME BARGAINS is now,and our dad was also a driver for them, as Dez says, we used to get our records for our disco from the GOLDEN DISC which was next to MAYS jewellers, and also next to the MARKET HOTEL which was where the bus garage is now, we also used to get them from DISCLAND in the arcade, which is still there, run by ALAN the manager, I can also remember getting some records from an elderly lady called MA- DOBS, can anyone else remember her? For years I only ever saw the first half of the shows as no makeup was needed for the second halves. There was a disco upstairs with a dance floor that lit up in squares, very like the one in Envy today. My brother and I used to frequent the Golden Disc record shop and indeed the Sounds record shop on Saturday afternoons, we used to run a mobile disco at weekends called Eruption Roadshow and would purchase the top 10 records of the week to make sure we had the latest and most popular hits. I think his last name was Greenwood but I am not 100% sure of that, maybe someone else can confirm please? I think the cafe youre thinking about may have been called sizzlers. Opening the same year as the new Town Square shopping precinct (1981) was Oldhams main bus station. No . I never really liked Montys. The coffee was very popular and we were forever changing the filter papers and carrying two stacks of four cups to refill the brewing stations. So many lovely memories of visiting Kings Hall (Im sure this is where my shoe obession started along with the Mansfields shoe shop or was it Saxons opposite C& A that became What Everyone Wants Remember all the different bus stationseven the one to the left of Mumps at the actual bus depot.we used to go all over on those buses with our mums and grandma every Saturday! Both the Bulls Head and the Grapes where two of my fave pubs, and of course the White Horse on Union Street. Digital technology may be great for overall convenience, but we need to be analogue every now and again. Oldham Saloon. Scandals? Stand J was right at the bottom on the angle. It was the most awful thing I had ever seen. It was upstairs above the Army & Navy store and Mays the jewellers on the same side as Littlewoods. From memory Linda worked in the front album bit and Marje in the singles bit. It had a big Toby Light sign on the corner and was left of Manchester Chambers (and by the subway to the precinct). Elsewhere within this blog is detailed reference to St Peters Precinct. Then we would go to the market and Peter Haqs which was a clothes shop. Tommy field indoor and outdoor markets. I remember going to the grand opening of Tesco in St Peters Precinct, but I could have sworn the celebrity who opened it was the Disc Jockey, David Jacobs ? You could not make it up. How I wish it was still there. The Ghost of Christmas School Discos Past, S.V.s Formative Years Festive 50 (1985 1986), The Ghost of Quizmas Past: 24. Or hyperactive 4 year olds like myself in 1983. The anchor store, as of now was Boots, with at the opposite end, Toy and Hobby on street level, and Presto at precinct level. Something went wrong, please try again later. Could you which one it was? This would be 79 / 80 when it was over really. It was situated above Aladdin's cave, the Indian restaurant in 9 - 11 Mumps, that you had to access to get up into the club. Anybody remember what Romanos on rock st was before Romanos ? You can almost hear the sound in Michael Abramson's pictures of Chicago nightclubs in the 1970s. Oh and other places of note that should be mentioned in any going uptown article in Oldham, no visit would be complete without Butterworths chippy and cafe on on Union Street between the Odeon and the ABC if I remember correctly. Javelin became an amusement arcade in around 83/84. I was a Dreamers man. Peter Butterworths bought it from Famous Oldham Chippy sit down stairs Upstairs Sit sown bit posher Butterworths chippy on Union street next door to Dr Patels Dental Practice, Son Peter turned it into cafe type Burger Joint. Ditto the above with Halfords being a two storey unit. The Town House Restaurant, if my memory serves me right is still going, if you can find it through the current forest full of road cones and temporary signs. This time, East of the M60 has followed this up with a similar article on Oldham. the last independent music shop in oldham i believe was andys records in spindles, even hmv has gone now you could possibly get a top 10 cd from wh smiths but thats about it. Thank you several times over for confirming where I thought Ballyhoo was! Javelin was the record shop in the arcade during the 1970s and was then bought out by Golden disc which is how you end up with two of them. Fri 19 Jun - Sat 4 Jul, Oldham Coliseum, Fairbottom Street, Oldham OL1 3SW, Tel: 0161 624 2829. Unlike many clubs, Oldham Athletic gained early success in the league as they finished in third place in the Football League Second Division. Dirty Stop Outs Guide to 1970s Manchester is an affectionate photobook look at the era defined by glam rock, industrial action and punk, told by the people who were there. Would that have been near Zenith mill and Old Mother Hubbards restaurant? (HMV has closed, though re-emerged as a pop-up shop for Christmas time). rowntrees sound was a pub with a small disco behind that opened thurs to sat playing current soul and disco sounds of the day, the pub was the main meeting place for the manchester soul crowd, regulars included jonah, johnny mac , steve proudlove , zan, gordon thompson , ricky warburton barry big eyes , steve dodd, mad tony, eddie battin, and Instead of walking through from WH Smith and Boots into the Spindles (like you do now), you actually walked through an external door onto Peter St. facing an entrance to St. Peters precinct. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. It was Mothers Teashop and used to serve Hot Chocolate in big cups.There was also the Piazza cafe on George street which smelled of tea cakes and had a woman called Doreen serving in it. Downtown Manhattan in the 1970s Was New York's Golden Era for Nightlife. A-D on the left and E-J on the right. It was windy, had few shops open, and was great for skateboarders. Beyond Oldham Way was the Belgrade Hotel. Crowds flocked there in its heyday to watch the likes of Cliff Richard, Morecambe and Wise and Lulu perform. Likewise the nearby High Street and Yorkshire Street stands. I agree, digital can be sanitised but thats what you pay for conveinience. Lots of fireworks had gone off in it. Dianas cafe was very popular at the time and I remember the owners name was Savas I think, we used to play football with him and a few of his friends on the all weather pitch on Horsedge St on Sunday afternoons. Does anyone remember Nellie Granelli who sold the best ice cream ever on the Tommyfield? I used to go to the Golden Disc at top o George Street. My mum used to take me to silvios for cream cakes. The only exception to this is CExs secondhand CDs, DVDs and Bluray discs. It was an extremely popular spot in the 80s, until becoming Electric Circus (which then closed in 2017). Town square had 9 stands, not 8. Beneath. Airport Cell Phone Waiting Lot Dec 31, 2022. The other record shop in the arcade was Javelin, In Oldham the recor shops were as follows .Discland in the arcade ..it sold American imports and a huge selection of soul and Tamala Motown oldies , it was a DJs heaven. Inspired by mid-century Hungarian-French photographer Brassa's street photography of Paris in the early decades of the 20th century, Abramson (1948-2011) began photographing nightclubs on Chicago's South Side - clubs like: Peppers Hideout, Perv's House, the High Chaparral, the Patio . . For many, a chance meeting blossomed into marriage, for others the . Manchester's bar, club and music scene of the 1970s is celebrated in a book, with foreword by The Smiths bass player Andy Rourke. Editions of 25" maps dating from the 1870s to the 1930s 6" scale maps dating from 1848 and 1851 Oldham town centre is covered by larger scale 5ft to 1 mile maps dating from 1848 10ft to 1 mile. Name of some famed night club in Stockport are Bamboo Club, Chapters, Club HQ, Cobdens Bar Coco, Heaven & Hell, K Klub Stockport, Live Lounge, Trunk, Pad etc. Buying clothes in Zutti, Trilby and their other store called Uptown. Feel free to add your comments and memories of Going Up Town, 1980s or any other decade you wish to recall. The ground floor included fancy goods stalls and a pick and mix counter. Manchesters bar, club and music scene of the 1970s is celebrated in a book, with foreword by The Smiths bass player Andy Rourke. How I wish the Oldham of 2011 had such musical variety today: the Entertainment Exchange and nearby Sainsburys store are the most dependible sources now. )but the glasses were huge! Oh this is too amazing. For the likes of Half Man Half Biscuit, The Fall or Stiff Little Fingers, its either a trip to Manchester or the HMV stores in Ashton-under-Lyne or Rochdale. Seriously? In 1970 the brothers sold out to Grand Metropolitan, owners of Watneys. My sister, Pat Broadbent used to work in the cloakroom. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Spending Saturday mornings in Golden Disc in Hilton Arcade flicking through the 7 and 12 singles, and the saloon type door the Golden Disc had! This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Under the Seton bridge of course. Then there was Henry Africas. Rediscovering some of the little-known venues and now forgotten nightclubs, bars and shops was a real pleasure, as was getting hear brilliant tales from some of the citys real characters.. Who cares if you had to wipe your feet on the way out. This unit remained a Wimpy bar throughout the whole of the 1980s till seeing in a new decade as Burger King. Over the years thousands of Oldhamers danced the night away at Smokies nightclub. It would help settle a really long argument. 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